Following the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Hawick, the bank’s community banker Amanda Baitup is holding regular drop-in sessions at the Chest Heart and Stroke community hub every Tuesday from 1-3pm.

It’s full steam ahead for a rail campaigner making a near-900 mile journey from John o’Groats in Caithness to Land’s End in Cornwall to mark the half-century since the closure of the Waverley Route was officially announced.

Rethinking the Scottish Government’s funding formula for maintenance of the region’s roads could be one of the first tasks for the soon-to-be-created south of Scotland enterprise agency, councillors have been told.